The Russian Premier League 2008 was the 17th edition of the Russian Football Championship, and the seventh under the current Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

 name. The season started on Friday, 14 March 2008 with a match between Terek

FC Terek Grozny

FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in the Russian Premier League....

 and Krylia Sovetov in Grozny

Grozny

Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...

. Krylia Sovetov won 3–0. The first goal of the season was scored by Krylia Sovetov's forward Yevgeny Savin

Yevgeny Savin

Yevgeny Leonidovich Savin is a Russian football striker. He started his career in Russian minor leagues. In 2006 he made his debut in Russian Premier League in Amkar Perm. Also he played for Russia national under-21 football team and Olympic national team, but they didn't qualify to the football...

.

Due to Russia

Russia national football team

The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...

's participation in UEFA Euro 2008, the season was interrupted from 16 May until 5 July.

The champions were determined on the 27th matchday, 2 November 2008.